Iomega REV Automation Products Now Have Native Support From Symantec Backup Exec Software

SAN DIEGO, May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Iomega Corporation , a global leader in data storage and protection, today announced that Symantec Backup Exec 11d for Windows Servers, the leading Windows data protection software for the mid-market, now natively supports all Iomega(R) REV(R) drive automation products, including the innovative desktop form factor Iomega REV Loader.

With this announcement, all REV 35GB* and REV 70GB drives, both single-disk and autoloader products, are now natively supported within Symantec Backup Exec 11d for Windows Servers. Native support for single disk REV products has been available since November 2006; users of version 11d can download a software update to add full REV autoloader support.

"Iomega's REV backup and archive products are the only removable disk technology products with automation, and we couldn't be happier that dedicated Backup Exec users can now benefit from our REV Loader products' superior capabilities," said Tom Kampfer, President and COO, Iomega Corporation. "We have worked hard with the vendors of backup software to make the REV platform a seamless storage option that's compatible with all the leading small business backup software products. We're delighted that Symantec and its Backup Exec native REV support now covers all of Iomega's REV products. Users of Backup Exec now have a clear upgrade path from tape storage to the superior hard drive-based speed, usability and reliability of REV technology."

"Backup Exec has supported disk-based backups for years," said Pat Hanavan, Vice President of Product Management, Symantec Corporation. "Extending Backup Exec 11d support to Iomega's REV automation technology provides options as small businesses look to disk-based protection with the REV technology as a disk-based hard drive alternative to tape. Iomega's REV Loaders, when used with Backup Exec 11d, work like tape, meaning no retraining is required when combining these products for network backup and data recovery."

Symantec Backup Exec 11d for Windows Servers

Backup Exec is the leading software for Windows data protection in the mid-market. Backup Exec 11d delivers continuous, high-performance, certified disk-to-disk-to-tape backup and recovery and extends the product line's continuous data protection capabilities to Microsoft Exchange, eliminating the need for daily Exchange backups and time-consuming mailbox backups.

Backup Exec 11d also features Granular Recovery Technology that enables recovery of critical data from Microsoft applications like Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory and more in just seconds. Additionally, Backup Exec 11d provides enhanced data security with 128-bit and 256-bit AES encryption capabilities, and extends platform support with Backup Exec media servers running on x64-bit Windows servers.

The REV Product Family

The Iomega REV 70GB Backup Drive, ideal for server implementations, is available in external USB 2.0 and internal ATAPI and SATA models. The Iomega REV 35GB Backup Drive, targeted to desktop backup and archive applications, is available in ATAPI, external USB 2.0, FireWire(R), SCSI, and SATA configurations. Rather than a typical 1U rack carousel automation form factor, Iomega REV desktop autoloaders utilize a single drive on an elevator that goes up and down to ingest one of up to eight REV disks inserted into the loader. Iomega's desktop REV autoloaders include the REV Loader 280, a single REV 35GB drive autoloader which holds up to eight REV 35GB disks for a total of 280GB of native storage capacity; and the REV Loader 560, which uses a single REV 70GB drive and holds up to eight REV disks for up to 560GB of native storage capacity.

The Iomega REV drive is a proven technology that is quickly becoming a small business storage standard around the world. The first REV product was introduced in April 2004 with the debut of the Iomega REV 35GB Backup Drive and the 35GB REV disk. The second generation REV 70GB Backup Drive and 70GB disk were launched in mid-2006. To date, Iomega has sold more than 280,000 REV drives and more than 1.5 million REV disks. The REV drive has also won more than 25 technology awards worldwide.

Iomega REV products are available from a large base of value-added resellers (VARs), systems integrators (SIs) and others that work directly with small businesses on their storage and data protection needs. Thomson(TM) Grass Valley(TM) REV PRO drives and disks, designed specifically by Iomega for the professional audio/visual industry, are available from Grass Valley distributors and resellers.

About Iomega

Iomega Corporation, headquartered in San Diego, is a worldwide leader in innovative storage and network security solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, consumers and others. The Company has sold more than 400 million digital storage drives and disks since its inception in 1980. Today, Iomega's product portfolio includes industry leading network attached storage products, external hard drives, and our award-winning removable storage technology, the REV(R) Backup Drive. OfficeScreen(R), Iomega's managed security services available in the U.S. and select markets in Europe, provides enterprise quality perimeter security and secure remote network access for SMBs, which help protect small enterprises from data theft and liability. To learn about all of Iomega's digital storage products and managed services solutions, please go to the Web at http://www.iomega.com/. Resellers can visit Iomega at http://www.iomega.com/ipartner.

NOTE: The statements contained in this release regarding development, production and distribution of REV products including the REV Loader, or of Symantec software, anticipated product pricing and availability, expected product performance and specifications, future applications for the new product and all other statements that are not purely historical, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All such forward-looking statements are based upon information available to Iomega as of the date hereof, and Iomega disclaims any intention or obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the successful completion of product development and testing, market acceptance of, and demand for, the Iomega product, any difficulties encountered in ramping up production or other manufacturing issues, including component availability and pricing, co-development, production, and distribution issues, product pricing and conformity to specifications, dependence upon third party suppliers, competition, intellectual property rights and other risks and uncertainties identified in the reports filed from time to time by Iomega with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including Iomega's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and its most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

* 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes.

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